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15,000 Nova Scotia children still in poverty
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX, NS – Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty since 1999. Each annual card…
Flawed analysis props up BC public private partnerships
Many will have heard Premier Gordon Campbell and his cabinet colleagues talk in glowing terms about public private partnerships (P3s) for major projects like hospitals,…
The coming austerity
With the Financial Times lamenting the “end of the era of liberalization” and the “death of global free-market capitalism” and Newsweek declaring “we are all…
Canada’s growing gap explained
The income gap between the rich and the rest keeps growing, in good times and in bad. Learn more about it in this video. Canada’s…
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The View From Here: How a Living Wage Can Reduce Poverty in Manitoba
Download 1.84 MB 38 pages Attachments The View From Here Appendix – Calculation Guide
Fast Facts: How a Living Wage can reduce poverty in Manitoba
In this time of economic turmoil, living-wage policies are one way to stimulate our local economy. A living-wage policy is employed by at least 122…
The Treasury Transfer Effect
Are Canada’s corporate tax cuts shifting billions to the U.S. Treasury? Download 159.48 KB8 pages
No End To Unemployment Crisis
The recession won’t be over till people get back to work The next time someone says the “recession is over,” ask them exactly what they…
Access to Knowledge Restricted
Intellectual property protection primarily protects profits Affordable access to food, pharmaceuticals, and scientific advancement is essential for the well-being of Canadians and society in general.…
Does Your Pay-Cheque Make You Happy?
Our economic system has been badly skewed against workers Don’t worry, be happy. As of this writing, media coverage of the recession has been littered…
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